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>Thread question: What's the average level of trainers in your setting? How far would they get in a normal gym circuit? Where do they stop. Discount one-in-a-billion freaks like game MCs, they're statistical anomalies .

>>57892073 (OP)
Last thread >>57878127

An incompetent trainer attempting to raise Pokemon far above their league is a common enough trope, but how would it look reversed? A top 1% trainer attempting to raise incompetent Pokemon?

>>57892099
Like those cheesy eighties sports movies.

>>57892073 (OP)
>What's the average level of trainers in your setting? How far would they get in a normal gym circuit? Where do they stop.
In my setting levels aren't an official thing recognized by any Pokemon League. *However*, sports commentators and the fanbase for Pokemon battling as a whole have embraced the concept despite it being borderline pseudo-science, the same way sports shows in real life obsess over the statistics of players.

So it'll be 5:30 in the afternoon and you've got Steven Azurill Smith arguing with some random dipshit on television shows viewed by millions of people about whether the rating of Gloria's Zacian at Level 89 is premature considering how much it struggled against both Marnie's Grimmsnarl AND Bede's Mega Mawile in last year's respective Semi-Finals and Finals matches - backed by miles-long excel spreadsheets detailing every move it's hit, missed, or crit in its career.

>>57892104
>Steven Azurill Smith
kek

>>57892073 (OP)
There was a story that used “stars” to represent trainer teams. A team that beat one leader could be rates as one star, two leaders as two stars, and so on. I forget how it handled the E4 and conference though.

>>57892104
Level was being used in a non-game sense, not the in-game "Oh they have level 84 pokemon", but more "Trainer X beat the 4th gym, but barely" in regions that aren't Paldea.

>>57892073 (OP)

>What's the average level of trainers in your setting? How far would they get in a normal gym circuit? Where do they stop. Discount one-in-a-billion freaks like game MCs, they're statistical anomalies.

That entirely depends on the character you're writing for in the background. In my story? Someone with the incompetent teachings from Pokemon Tech or that League Exam by-pass, wouldn't typically get far in actuality. Giselle and Joe (using them in my story) wouldn't know too much street knowledge, and rely too much on what they were taught. (Spoilers, it's intentionally making bad trainers).

Other than that, I just follow the episodes, and gauge how well the trainers do if Ash fights one. If not, I go off on what they say or all that.

>>57892099
They'd look like either a hero of the people or a villain from the elite.
>poorfag tells himself the only reason he's a loser is because he started with a rattata and was too poor to afford anything better
>poorfag sees a top 1% trainer clear the gym circuit with only a raticate
>poorfag mental breaks

>>57892102
>Like those cheesy eighties sports movies.
Tropic thunder, except Ash/MCtrainer is the agent and the pokemon are all actors who aren't strong but end up in the middle of dangerous territory thinking they're going there to film a new pokeflic

>>57892073 (OP)
>Been Reading
Just caught up with "The New Normal" and I'd rate it around a 6 or 7 stars out of ten. It really should have ended after Regigas and Palkia arc. It was a natural end point, an while I feel the new Unovan arc has some interesting things in it it feels sort of like an excuse to shit on the region, which is a Huge surprise I know. Romance is sort mid, MC isn't challenged in a way that matters unless it's non combat. Let's not kid, even noncombat shit like the dude he ganked his sister's Pokémon or the galactic investigation its honestly not really long term/actually negative.

>Thread question
I think that there's a dividing line between active trainers and inactive. There's an actual shit ton of retired trainers, and most of them are definitely weaker than they once were. Considering the first 2 to 4 badges are often considered milk run/set ups I think you'd have a decent amount of once 2 to 4 badge holders. Actual strength for them? Enough to deal with a ratatata group or lone smaller predator, maybe dissuade medium wild Pokémon like liepards and mightyenas. The active trainers would clearly be stronger, as they have to fight more often. But honeslty I think if you gave everyone's pokemon levels? Most people are around 15-25, with one or two Pokémon to their name, IF their partner didn't fuck off or get eaten. So stronger than the run of the mill wild Pokémon but definitely unable to travel deep or off-route, which feels like it supports canon.

>>57892073 (OP)
In my Final Fantasy 1 medieval fantasy setting, most people who train pokemon for combat only train one pokemon. This is because feeding and taking care of pokemon is more difficult in a less advanced society. Even soldiers tend to only keep one pokemon because the army can only afford to fund one each. Due to this humans (and other races like elves and dwarves) are expected to fight alongside their pokemon if the need arises. While most town guards or knights prefer to let their pokemon take care of most fights they are prepared and trained to jump in.

This has led to most 'trainers' being very specialized since they don't have much choice. Corneria, the home kingdom of the MC, has a ritual festival where young children choose their partner pokemon and it often remains their only pokemon for life. Those who train to fight for whatever reason thus learn how best to fight beside their pokemon. A knight with a Blastoise takes up a shield to cover for when his partner's protect is down. A dodrio rider focuses on hit and run attacks as their pokemon runs by. A Venusaur befuddles and confounds opponents to keep them away from a mage as they focus on casting spells.

So technically speaking, the average trainer is running around with over leveled solo 'teams'. But since combat is more serious they fight less often, meaning they aren't grinding to the crazy levels a solo MC would be reaching. So it pretty much evens out to even levels of an average team stregnth of regular setting.

1/?

>>57892203
So it really did the stuff with Regigigas? How id all that end up going? I long since dropped.
How much more did he end up wanking? Is Cynthia still playing second fiddle to him and only existing to prop him up?
>Unova arc
Holy cringe.
Really does sound like a excuse to stretch out the fic and keep milking it. The Patreonbucks must be good.
>MC isn't challenged in a way that matters
Pretty much. The primary reason why I ended up dropping it. Nothing wrong with a power fantasy or two but sometimes it's too much, specially so when it keeps being portrayed as somehow still being a le hecking underdoggerino and the most humble person in the whole wide world.
>unless it's non combat.
Nah, he never got challenged even there.
He's plain and simply a genuine gary stu. It's hard to get truly invested on anything since you know no one will ever be able to do anything meaningful and it's all about him.
Despite all, I can admire the author's grind. Everyone here wishes they could write 1/10 as consistently as he does.

I thought about reading the new normal, but the first chapter didn't really stick to me and it felt like it'd be powerwanky but in the bad way and not in the good way. at least hard enough has decent wankery

Should we try making a pastebin or reentry or something of recommended and/or highly popular fics?

>>57892229
As for trainers with multiple pokemon it isn't very common. There is diminishing returns on investing in more than one pokemon unless you're really committed. While technically more pokemon will allow one to battle longer if need be, most people aren't travelling long distances in small groups to have need of such thing.

And in bigger brawls it can become a liability to have multiple pokemon that you would split your attention between. If you're giving an order to your magneton and your dugtrio decides it needs to use earthquake in the middle of a battle while you're fighting alongside the rest your knight squadron then you'll likely end up in a worse situation than if you had just called out your magneton.

For this reason trainers with two pokemon can be considered to be ace trainer level. To have more than one pokemon out at a time means that they are trained well enough that you trust them to battle alongside allies with minimal instruction. A pirate captain that trusts his Hitmonchan to board an enemy ship and battle without orders while he rides his Seadra to perform hit and run surf+cutlass attacks across the deck is a force to be reckoned with.

For these reason it is said to be the mark of a legendary trainer to command a team of six pokemon. So far only one such trainer has shown up in the story so far.

Whew. Ramble over.

>>57892250
>and it felt like it'd be powerwanky but in the bad way and not in the good way. at least hard enough has decent wankery
Explain further.
I kind of get what you mean but also not.

>>57892029
Only one way to find out. Start recruiting type specialists and start experimenting.

Personally, what turned me off from New Normal was the meme politics.
It was not the good kind of character drama that caused intrigue and wondering where things could go next and what could be the consequences but the kind that made you felt you were reading actual law documents.

>>57892203
>>57892250
im currently reading New Normal for the first time and enjoying it, on 10.2 now. Tournament arc incoming!

>>57892104
>Zacian struggling
No, I think the commentator is right.

>>57892256
>trying out the new normal
It might've just been that the opening chapter felt weak to me, but the feeling I got was that it would be like what the other posts mentioned, that he'd just be a gary stu but in a plain, boring way.
Tbh the main issue kind of reminds me of how Ghost Specialist's "plain MC issue" is, but without having anything else to pick up the slack (i.e. the mc in ghost specialist isn't a gary stu even if he's "generalist MC but grape (ghost) flavored" personality-wise).

>>57892268
>the meme politics.
I think I mentioned this before but Reset Bloodlines did the same and it was the moment you knew it would die in Kanto because the Kanto-Johto war stories never go beyond that

>>57892252
That could be helpful to newfriends. Make sure to include links as well since they'll probably not be familiar with the usual reading sites.
Borne of Caution is a must near the top since it seems to influence at least a third of this thread's culture and has weight in the modern pokemon fanfic scene. But we'll need something less furfaggy and preferably less isekaifaggy to detoxify the recs.

>>57892281
I think all that could be included should be included, both famous or infamous.
Even things like Reset Bloodlines that, for better or worse, are quite influential in their own way and were once mainstays of the fandom.
If we do go through this I would like to also add as many old-ish fics as possible since they seem to be quite forgotten and set-aside overall. Granted, old stuff is old, but there's value in them still and revisiting old fics can be fun in their own way and provide a vastly different perspective from how the Pokemon fic scene used to be like back then.

>>57892252
Borne of Caution
I Will Touch the Skies
Pokemon Trainer Vicky
These Silver Eyes
The Most Evil Trainer
Pokemon Jordinio Version
The New Normal
Hard Enough

>>57892252
>>57892281
>>57892292
I second these movements. I understand we wanted to keep away from the links in the OP initially, but I feel like we have separated this thread from the old one enough (as bizarre as we are in this thread)

>>57892292
>jordinio

Got the second chapter WIP for Celadon Extranormal Detective Agency up. Horror Mystery Comedy about exploring the 'odd' parts of the pokemon world.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/66247705/chapters/171080860#workskin

Chapter 2: The Case of the Sleeping Princess

>Seriously, I can't believe this guy! Either he is trying to scam me, or he actually is keeping a demon on his computer. And I don't know which one would be worse. My gut is telling me that if I don't get out of here then I'm going to get roped into something I want no part of. But I can't shake the feeling that I already have been... Ugh, is this creep actually following me? Oh, thank goodness. There's someone else here!

I'm curious, what are people's opinions of sharing unfinished chapters? This is a fun no pressure side project so I'm not super worried about the reception of it, but I am curious if posting half completed chapters is annoying or not.

>>57892301
>We have purposefully raised anon on bad fics, as a joke

>random retard gets isekaied and becomes the leader of team aqua
Not Enough Water looks like a promising fic. It's only 5 chapters in though, so it could easily shit the bed.

>>57892301
Sometimes you just have to read the bad or even meme fics to have an idea of what to not do or avoid.

>>57892301
hey, i like it
>>57892306
lel

>>57892301
Hey, at least he's honest unlike the others that aren't totally making Mary Sues because their characters have "flaws" even though everyone loves their flaws too because being a good guy sucks and women only want rude edgy assholes

>>57892300
As long as there's no priority on reccing fics from this thread and no "this is good/bad" in their recommendation summaries we should be safe from that kinda drama.
Well, that and avoiding most fics made in those old threads, though I'm not familiar with it so can't give any input there.

>>57892292
Coughcoughpokemoncrystallightapokemonfinalfantasycoughhack.

>>57892308
I'm more of a Magma fan but I'll give it a try.
Heating the Earth to make more land is stupid but I love their uniforms.

>Struck by fey mood and spent half an hour in paint doodling my MC
Why the fuck did I do that

>>57892337
The fort would've had to put you down otherwise.

>>57892337
You tell me Urist

>>57892337
Share it here with your fic, or in the OC Trainers thread.

>>57892346
OK but I'm bad at drawing.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/59572648/chapters/151934926
Not dead, I'm just the one who had depression flare-up and made no progress for a couple months.
Yes I know that doesn't narrow it down.

>>57892328
Yeah, good/bad for fanfiction ends up being a bit subjective anyways as everyone has their preferences. Most of those are recommended most places anyways.
>>57892328
>As long as there's no priority on reccing fics from this thread
I agree, we shouldn't lump them in with the highly recommended ones (I say that as a writefag in this thread), although we should have something for fics from this thread. It is another link which bloats the OP, but anyone crazy enough to post their autistic stories in this thread should have something. It'll also keep the shilling down to "I posted an update"

>>57892355
Aye yo it's Coward.

Also shut the fuck up this looks cool as hell.

>>57892355
You draw that well but write too? You wouldn't catch me in this thread at all if I could draw like that desu

>>57892368
There doesn't seem to be that much shilling happening in this thread as it is. Most people talk about their fics but I don't see any actual shilling much at all. If anything people seem hesitant to bring their stories up too much (which isn't always a bad thing).

>>57892237
Yep he really Regidid it. Whole call up Cynthia mid Palkia summoning and everthing. The whole League E4 and champs show up and help regigigas and of course tyrant does actual damage to it (not a lot but he totally damaged a legendary bro)
Cynthia still plays second in a totally equal relationship.
>milking
Fucker said the Regigigas arc was planned to be the end but "I've just got more to write" so yeah I'd imagine the Patreon shekels are real good
The noncombat mention was that the author tries to make it a political focused thing and the entire region just kinda goes with what Normal-man wants. Him converting Giovanni into a good guy should make it eminently clear the "political struggles" aren't something. I enjoyed the ideas behind some of it, but like so much else the delivery is bland/gary stu.

>Grind
If every writefag had his dedication/ability to grind we'd never be able to catch up on all fictions. What a fantastic world that would be.

>>57892252
If this happens I'd recommend trying to list everything Even the actual dogshit no one wants to admit reading being currently written. A chapter count or word count would be nice. Way too many times I've found a master list include a neat story only to have like 3 chapters max.

>>57892355
>open link
>read description
>to create a world without Pokémon
>close tab

>>57892415
To be fair the whole "make a world without magic where everyone is equal" is kinda common, I think that's one of the many reasons why the USA is trying to eliminate the mutant gene in Marvel comics with the X-Men or Marche.

>>57892429
It is pretty common and that's part of why I'm not a huge fan. I don't need to see it again in the Pokemon world. I've seen this shit like 40x elsewhere and it's never particularly compelling

>>57892370
>>57892377
Thanks anons, though head shots are pretty much all I can manage; I'm no good with anatomy or perspective.
>>57892415
>>57892434
B-But my villain's not LIKE other villains! To each their own, I totally get it's a pretty common plot. I'm trying to use it well by making it a very personal motivation for the villain rather than any kind of philosophical slant, and use it to explore the theme from their perspective.

>>57892384
IMO good guy giovanni was well done

What are the aftereffects of the games happening in your takes on the setting? Stuff like Plasma in BW/B2W2, the whole Delta Episode, etc? Do the events have any effects, culturally or narratively speaking?

>>57892292
Make sure to include the caveat that Most Evil Trainer sucks balls after the tournament arc.

>>57891435
Have this, drew this while at work.

>>57892700
LOL

What would be your crossover-ish mix world to base the Pokemon World on?
For me, it's Nasuverse Pokemon.

>>57892654
i have almost zero impression of team plasma. all i remember is some retard wants to free pokemon from trainers
at least team flare was memorable with a centuries old doomsday weapon

Shot in the dark, but are there any decent fanfics that boil down to something like "A retelling of the original anime, but combined with Pokemon Infinite Fusion" or is that something that no one has actually tackled yet?

I ask mostly because any time you have "OG Anime x Pokemon Fangame" fics, it's essentially just dropping Ash into the middle of a fangame's region and letting them run amok.

>>57892711
>Infinite Fusion
There's one single thing everyone agrees is shit and there's practically interest for in their fanfics: Fakemons.
You're shit out of luck, buddy.

>>57892705
they nuked dragontown with kyruem

>>57892654
We know the after effects of BW in B2W2, Plasma split with one half remaining criminals and the other half (the altruistic half) dedicating themselves to taking care of Pokemon. I don’t know what will happen for Delta Episode, pretty sure almost no one knew about Fug.

>>57892703
>it's Nasuverse Pokemon
I fucking hate Type-Moon stuff but I'm unironically curious on how would you do it.

>>57892758
huh. maybe i should replay BW
...looking at the gen 5 starters maybe not

>>57892703

>>57892787
it was in bw2
kyurem basically didn't exist in bw1, same story as zygarde in XY, giratina in DP, necrozma in SM, and maybe fug in RS but I don't actually remember if I've played RS or if I've only played Emerald

what do you think of expanding a pokemons movepool? just came across Cynthia's Milotic with Baton Pass

>>57892808
Who the fuck is the team ace going to throw it to?

>>57892817
>>57892808
Nevermind, it's 2:30 AM and I'm cooked out on blow.
Captcha:YAY 0S

>>57892808
movepool expansions are fine as long as they have at least a little bit of logic applied
for example, most pokemon shouldn't be able to use fly, but you could get away with giving them aerial ace or pluck because of how the moves work. you shouldn't just randomly asspull the moves, but someone having pluck on a weavile can make sense for dickass thief memes

>>57892821
lay off the Rare Candies anon

What does a rare candy taste like?

>>57892838
Candy

>>57892808
All males and mightyena females can use Iron Tail.

But really, Gamefreak's movepools are retarded and shouldn't be adhered to. Did you know Growlithe can't even learn Growl?

>>57892838
al dente

>>57892252
Eh I'll collect the stories shilled here again if no one else does it.

>>57892808
Don’t like them at all, desu

>>57892808
expanded movepools are fine to a degree because some movepools had very little thought put into them, but someone pulling baton pass out of their ass is always going to feel shitty. gamechanging moves like that need to have implied training beforehand, or at least an alt pov chapter showing it being worked on

>>57892838
rich, sweet, and creamy with a hint of calcium

>>57892870
Fugg off Fuggman

>>57892870
Welcome fuggwoman

>>57892838
Salty coins and milk

>>57892838
A cool Menthol.

Is it just me or are these threads going way faster than they used to? Not that I’m complaining.

>>57892703
Prob Winnie-the-Pooh or Leiutajateküla Lotte because fuck you all, grown-ups, with your edgy "realism".

Someone link me shipping/romance fics YOU wrote. I'll read anything but preferably m/f and m/m

>>57892703
"I have to fuck the pokemon to make them go" is just what nasuverse pokemon would be imo

>>57892654
Kanto centric story that takes place several years after Gen 2. Kanto is even more developed with many of the towns having been expanded. The popularity of the Indigo League and the booming tech industry has had the side effect leaving very few places where nature and tradition are untouched. Most routes have been streamlined to be easily walkable, Viridian Forest is more of a public park, a small town has sprouted up on the Seafoam Islands, and even Mt. Moon has a mapped out tourist path through it. The routes around Saffron are pretty much entirely replaced by urban expansion.

And most events of the games have become little more than fun facts or urban legends. Like what happened with Viridian's missing gym leader, was Cinnabar destroyed by the spirit of a vengeful pokemon, and did Fuschia city used to be a ninja village. Even Team Rocket is a small foot note that people don't even think about anymore and most people don't even remember who the winner of the first league champion battle was.

I just came up with most of this right now. Was pretty fun, thanks for asking.

>>57893287
You will never be a first world region

>>57892654
Barring what changed more through the natural passage of time than game events:
>Ultra Beasts have snuck in through wormholes and have breeding populations on Earth, heavily monitored by a Ranger Corps (headed by Maxie and Archie) dedicated to preventing them overbreeding and driving out native species. Many trainers across the world now catch and train their own UBs, and the Beast Ball has fallen out of fashion as natively-bred species of UBs become more and more susceptible to normal balls. Having a Beast Ball Ultra Beast is seen as the mark of a veteran trainer.
>Team Flare's collapse caused its shell companies to all fail, leading to an economic recession in Kalos and a technological niche that was filled by the corporation my fic's villains head.
>Leon's retirement sparked an overhaul and reinvigorated passion for the Pokemon League in Galar, with an entire new wave of meta shifts coming from his team and tactics no longer being in play - and the heroes of SwSh now being the dominant players in the sport

>>57893490
Any repercussions from the Ultimate Weapon firing again, or from the Darkest Day happening again?

>>57892979
The autism has increased but people are also linking fics more often so I guess it balances out.

>>57892808
That sounds as cringe as Fakemons.
Maaaaaaaaybe if it's a plot point that X Pokemon is being taught Y move and the entire process is explained and show and takes countless time and effort and it's also an extremely obvious that mon should have learned that move all along like, I don't know, how Flareon had no Flare Blitz back then.
But just like that out of nowhere with just "we just trained hard bro!" as an explanation? Extremely cringe.

>>57892808
It should be noted that "special" pokemon knowing an extra move they arent supposed to is a repetitive thing throughout the games and anime and some have been distributed in events.
Now if it gets to like 4 or even 10 extra move, yeah its very AU or your Pokémon better be the result of some mewtwo tier science fuckery to explain this.

>>57892703
Let's just say there is a popular fantasy jrpg series that I'd try my hand at.

Though I have written some Fate GO fanfiction before and am a pretty passable fan of Fate itself. I tried running a table top rpg campaign AU once where the first Holy Grail War was taking place in Wild West American coastal city. Not pokemon related, but I was pretty proud of the servants I picked for it.

I have actually considered other pokemon cross overs but nothing jumps to mind right now. Oh, probably digimon.

>>57892808
Baton pass is only busted if you let boosts be busted and you don't count it as a switch. In game your switches are punished with a free move, in world it's a set amount or unlimited based on rules

>>57893511
>the Ultimate Weapon firing again,
Nothing on an ecological level, in mine Xerneas was the legendary used for the UW, and managed to re-absorb the majority of the energy during its firing. The only one who was hit by the blast was Lysandre, and the base collapsed afterward. The League for several years kept guards posted around the ruins out of concern residual energy could endanger Geosenge Town, but nothing became of it, and they eventually contracted one of the largest corporations in Kalos to maintain the site. The ruins of the crystal structure remain a tourist attraction to this day and have swelled the town's local economy, and the site's caretakers publicly report that Team Flare's base has been entirely sealed off and is no longer accessible. This is a lie.
>or from the Darkest Day happening again?
Galar has begun researching alternative energy sources, but it's been less than a decade since the incident so only so much progress has been made. They have a research agreement with the New Mawile Institute exploring the viability of strange meteorites striking the Earth loaded with exotic materials as a potential perpetual energy source.

>>57893774
>New Mawile
New Mauville, fuck you autocorrect.

>>57892384
Hey, that sounds decently passable considering the fic. Everyone collaborated and helped out.
>and of course tyrant does actual damage to it (not a lot but he totally damaged a legendary bro)
kek
>Cynthia still plays second in a totally equal relationship.
As expected.

>"I've just got more to write" so yeah I'd imagine the Patreon shekels are real good
Money talks. Such is life.
Look at the good side, at least he's actually grinding away at the pen like a motherfucker so if nothing else he actually deserves and is earning his shekels unlike other authors we could mention.

>Him converting Giovanni into a good guy
I'll be honest, I liked that Giovanni stuff because I'd never seen it happen before. It was something actually truly unique for once.

>the entire region just kinda goes with what Normal-man wants.
>but like so much else the delivery is bland
Pretty much. That was indeed the biggest killer of the fic. It was like eating boiled chicken breast.
Nothing wrong with a power fantasy per-se but goddamn how do you make it all play with as much hype as your 80 years old half-dying history teacher droning on straight from the book is beyond me.

Obviously it's lame as fuck to obtain starters (and not as a starting Pokemon), but I'm doing something with a side character. Basically his fighting style is "always getting in the thick of a fight because he doesn't want to act like a bitch," and he's really mis-using one of his Pokemon that's too frail for the style (he's kind of an idiot sometimes). Debating on giving this character Sobble or Froakie. I take it Froakie is overdone right? Same anon from last thread who takes pride in using Pokemon that are rarely used.

>>57893992
Froakie is more versatile and could actually benefit from some level of melee, Sobble line is meant to be ranged and your character would seem mentally challenged for not understanding that.

>>57893992
>Debating on giving this character Sobble or Froakie. I take it Froakie is overdone right
Honestly I don't think so, the Kalos League did a lot of damage

>>57894018
Greninja is only overdone if its the Ash-Greninja variant. You almost never see it outside of Ashfics.

>>57894030
I almost never see normal Greninja either

>>57894017
>>57894018
>>57894030
>>57894039
Thank you anons. Debating giving it Protean if I go with Froakie (I need to find a way to kind of balance it since I don't have 4 move limit).

>>57892808
>mons with hacked moves
fucking cheater

>>57894058
Simple, it's game protean. There's a recharge timer on being able to swap types, that can be trained down.

>Hi there!
>I hope you're having a good day! I just read the Story, and your characters and world feel so real and exciting! I kept thinking how cool it would look as a comic or book cover. People would love seeing your story in art!
>I'm Bennett, I've helped writers turn their stories into Comic. Also Make a book cover that catches eyes and shows your story's magic.
>If you are interested feel free to message me on Discord: (bennett_lol) anytime, No pressure! Let's make something cool together.
>Thanks!
>Bennett
I'm tired, lads

>>57894226
Bennett here, problem?

>get several paragraphs written
>crash
>lose progress
>it was a lot of techno bable

Okay, I got the message universe. I'll cut that down to not interrupt the story flow.

>>57894226
i don't get it, is that person trying to get you to commission art?

>>57894310
Spambots trying to phish you with collab offers are common on ff dot net.

>>57894302
You should keep it. Your technobabble clearly went so hard it took down the system

>>57894039
>>57894030
Greninja is barely ever used because it is too much of an "Ash-coded" Pokemon, specially so because of Ash Greninja.
There's a reason why you never see the rat outside Ashfics too. All the other "Ash-coded" Pokemon have been used constantly through various medias by plenty of people so they don't suffer the same stigma.
>>57894058
Your character sounds too retarded to know how to use Protean properly so if you wanna double-down on the point give it Protean for sure.

>>57894302
>techno bable
See this alot in SIs that are training, making new tech or increasing their magic. I just skip it nowadays.

>>57894316
>>57894324
The technobabble was actually a document the MC was reading that described theoretical applications of a pokemon move and how it may relate to current paranormal phenomena happening to them. I was pretty proud of it, but I think what I plan to do is rewrite the document as a note at the end of the chapter and just have the MC quickly read over the key details. That way the mystery isn't completely explained before the MC solves the problem.

>>57894317
Huh. A Pikachu and Charizard are pretty important mons in one of my stories. I never really thought about them being 'ash mons' before now. Then again, Pikachu is young female travelling companions ace and Charizard is the ace of the rival so they aren't actually the MC's pokemon.

>>57894359
I would say less Ash and more MC/Rival/mentor vibe, the current anime used to have both and the kid has Pikachu now too

>>57894376
Makes sense. I specifically choose them as I'm trying to draw parallels to the Red/Blue/Green (+Yellow) trio.

>>57894324
Same. Unless they're getting into cool philosophical shit I don't really care how they're getting stronger. It's all made up by the author anyways, and a lot of authors are willing to cheat their own system to give their MCs buffs so it's usually a waste of effort trying to familiarize myself with their system.
Tangentially related, but I still can't get over Vicky retroactively getting knowledge of the new gen once it came out. Way to cheat half the fun of an isekai out of things if you're going to not only give them encyclopedic knowledge but also encyclopedic knowledge that updates as new content comes out.

>>57894455
>>57894359
That just adds to the point though.
You aren't picking the rat because "I like rat, I'll give my MC the rat" but because of the association with Red.

>>57894516
Anyone who sticks with Pikachu instead of going for Raichu is 99.99% just doing it because of Ash/Red. This much is a given.

>>57894526
>Mom, why does Light Ball only works with Pikachu and not Raichu?
>I don't know Billy, the gods just wanted it that way

>>57894549
The funny thing is it's still ZU even with the exclusive item so even from a metafagging standpoint there's no reason to give your MC a Pikachu over virtually any other electric type.

I considered adding a pikachu for the sole purpose of showing off a different way pikachu could fight, to contrast what people are familiar with. But if I did that, I would absolutely evolve it. Maybe have a part about training to be a regular raichu only for pikachu to evolve alolan and have to adjust, or flipped, a special fighter pikachu that has to pick up boxing

>>57894516
I didn't pick the team comps of my characters based on what I like, but by what thematically fits the character. I'm playing with the thematics for the gen 1 versions of the games, so it's somewhat inevitable that I'm going to have overlap with some of the protagonists of different series. The actual MCs team only has Blastoise as actual overlap with Ash's Squirtle.

>>57894582
It's the only electric Pokemon other than Toxtricity that can Gigantamax

>>57894638
there's also Pikashunium Z

>>57894526
To be fair I like Raichu more than Pikachu myself. But I honestly I can't see this character evolving her pikachu during the course of the story. More likely later in life when she's gotten older.

>>57894649
I think Pikachu has 2 unique Zmoves if I'm not mistaken.

>>57894638
>>57894649
Neither of those things pull him out of ZU if that's what you mean.
Although if you mean you want to fuck a gigantamax pikachu with the stimulating power of 1000000 volts then that's another story.

>>57894649
>Pikashunium Z
That's harder to implement since it's literally an Ash/Pikachu thing even in the games where it needs his hat to do it, like sure, not even Kusaka used it.

>>57894672
I don't mean it competitively, I just think it must be weird in-universe how the world loves Pikachu for some reason

In my story Raichu is just Pikachu's mega evolution.
I did this not to make Raichu more common, but to make Pikachu that much cooler.

>>57894671
>More likely later in life when she's gotten older
Lifespan drama?

>>57894611
When I was playing Blue for the first time as a kid my dad played with my gameboy for a few minutes one day. He handed it back to me and for some reason he had used the TM for Seismic Toss on my Pikachu. I remember being annoyed that he had used a one time use TM randomly. Now I teach every Pikachu and Raichu I have Seismic Toss.

>>57894549
>There's also some special female Pikachu that can learn moves by dressing up but we don't like to talk about them

>light ball
>pikashunium Z
>exclusive gigantamax
Any fics that hand their MC this many cheats? When is nutritionman going to get his NineBall, his LeeNinium Z, or his Ninamax?

>>57894700
Pretty sure he's inventing moves

Just give your character whatever you want bros, ignore retards.
If I were writing a story, my mc would have a Wurmple for a partner simply because it's my favorite.

>>57894711
This, if you want your aurafag to fly then just do it too, I know I will.

>>57894677
I actually intend to use the Aschu zmove in my story and intend to ignore that part. Ash doesn't even exist in my setting. The girl and her Pikachu decide to self nuke themselves with it to stop an enemy when the group has run out of options.

>>57894683
No, she just lets Pikachu ride ontop of her head and it would break her neck if it evolved into a Raichu.

>>57894672
Remember that time Ash's Pikachu got possesed by the Blue Orb and could control Groundon?

>>57894680
Raichu? You mean Pikachu's paradox form?

>>57894728
>and it would break her neck if it evolved into a Raichu.
>She can't tank it
Shitter, every Pokéhuman can do that without even trying

>>57894711
While yes, you're 100% right, I'm an absolute hipster with team selections by this point. I had multiple comments about no one seeing a Litleo or Deerling get used and it made me proud.

>>57894226
Keep going anon, I had to deal with a couple bot comments before the real ones started to pour in, and having a real person say that they like your fic is the best feeling in the world

>>57894738
These aren't pokehumans. And being a shitter is one of her character traits.

>>57894705
Yeah but everyone does that even non-MCs so it can't really be counted. The contest episodes were full of made up moves.
That reminds me of another cheat though.
Volt Tackle.
Only Pikachu gets it.

>>57894711
based wurmple-chad
my mc is starting with a jigglypuff

>>57894758
Pikachu also is one of the pokemon that gets a unique clone form in the mewtwo movie.

>>57894711
>Wurmple
brother
I've wanted to do a story with picrelated for a while now but it feels too fakemon.

>>57894766
Hell yeah.

Huh. All this talk about MC starts has made me realize I haven't actually written anything yet that focuses on traditional pokemon battles.

>instead of making an OC just grab a character from another franchise and stick them in as the amnesiac MC
how cringe is this

>>57894781
Cringe is weakness leaving the body. Do it.

>>57894781
>as the amnesiac MC
Kinda cringe. Doesn't that defeat the point of taking an established character from another franchise?

>>57894781
what >>57894788 said
it would be just as bad as those "ash in name only" fics that always die before finishing kanto

>>57894740
Yeah Deerling was certainly a unique choice.
>>57894773
That is one long boy.

>>57894781
>stick them in as the amnesiac MC
What's the point then? It would work if the MC was from a setting with customization tho

speaking of shitty starters, read youngster joey
https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/73034/my-life-as-a-youngster-with-a-top-percentage-rattata
the most recent authors note has me hyped

>>57894788
Yeah since that factory resets their actual character. Maybe what the author really wanted was their look/powerset.
>>57894740
Which fic was yours again?

>>57894696
Cute and soulful.
We need more wacky movesets like that on fics. Too much min-maxing competitive vgc/smogon faggotry, not enough fun anime logic.

>>57894696
I used to give seismic toss to Abra so I could level it up, unlike magikarp which was just annoying

>>57894835
I gave my Abra thief since you get it in the same area

>>57894821
Prince of Po Town I did update today and new chapter features possibly the most cringe-inducing joke I've ever done (so far)

>>57894788
>>57894803
>>57894809
Yeah thats the elephant in the room I was trying to ignore
With a little more context he would still retain his personality and make similar choices to what he would have before being mindwiped. Eventually he would unintentionally piece together some memories and go "don't care anymore" and just live his life in the story but that also feels like a bullshit copout

>>57894972
>Eventually he would unintentionally piece together some memories and go "don't care anymore" and just live his life in the story but that also feels like a bullshit copout
It can work, like any idea to be fair, but the character then would have to be someone done with his past life and is looking forward like maybe someone that died.

I actually thought about doing something like that but with Jiraiya from Naruto but dropped the idea since I lost interest in that series

>>57894998
>I actually thought about doing something like that but with Jiraiya from Naruto
hysterical, this idea is kurama in a pmd story

To that anon with the PMD + head voices fic
I'm sorry for ghosting, I'll take a look at the edits right now.

>>57894740
The only thing that sort of made me sad was that the litleo seems to be male, and I think the female evo looks nicer

>>57894856
Oh shit time to go read some more
It's the 10 chapters I asked for, right?

>>57894711
>start with Wurmple
>keep releasing it because it evolves into the wrong cocoon
Is this Poke cruelity?

>>57895297
Even Jessie didn't release her Dustox and she's one of the cruelest most heartless bitches in the anime.

>>57895303
>Jessie is one of the cruelest most heartless bitches in the anime.
she isn't even the meanest in team rocket, she wanted to be a joy but flunked out of nurse school

>>57895315
I don't care if the world's most accredited puppy kicking bitch has a tragic backstory, she's still a puppy kicking bitch.

>>57892073 (OP)
Is this true?

there he goes again

>>57895297
I love both lines equally.

>>57895303
That was because she had shit taste and thought Dustox was actually good-looking. Not out of any good goodness of her heart.

>>57895328
Yes, whether its a good idea to use is another theme but the most vocal against AI are the ones that earn money through selling their art.

>>57895329
I don't get why some stories try to pretend they follow game movepools. Either follow them religiously like an autist who thinks Ampharos can't learn Tail Glow or don't follow them at all.
>Pokemon can learn moves outside of their movepools but movepools are still real guys honest!
pathetic

>>57895328
If you have a machine belch out random strings of words for you and think you're writing, you unironically need to kill yourself. It has nothing to do with integrity or art or whatever, you don't need to get that philosophical about it, it's just that you're a deluded retard that thinks they're making something when on multiple levels you are making nothing at all.

So what's the most popular excuse for the 4 limit moves?

>>57892808
It's perfectly acceptable for a specialist to have some odd moves in their 'mon's movepool.

In fact, it's also perfectly acceptable for 'mon to be able to use different TMs, like how the TM for Teleport only exists in gen 1 and LGPE. Even though it's only Kanto 'mon that can technically use it, there's several other options that it would make sense if they were able to use it.

Just say any fucky moves are from a weird TM or a move tutor.

>>57895358
The most popular is definitely
>"durrr it encourages uniqueness and creativity"
as if these mfers aren't out here copying smogon sets to a T and using them in the most bland and uncreative ways imaginable.
No I'm not biased, subtract the i.

>>57895358
No such thing

>>57895358
The one I go with is "hard to remember in the heat of battle." There's not actually a hard limit on 4 moves, but most trainers don't really use more than a handful per 'mon because it's what they remember can be used in the moment. In one of his battles with a freshly-caught Pokemon, my MC was frantically scrolling through his Dex in the middle of the fight to keep track of what the 'mon could use.

>>57895358
League regulation.
Pokemon don't forget moves, their trainer just has to have an active list of 4 moves per pokemon whenever they do official league related things.

>>57895358
My take is that it's generally the number of commands you have set up for the 'mon for competitive battling. The longer you've worked with one, the more commands you've got trained. >>57895367 has it, but there's also a factor of the 'mon itself needing to know how and what to use with trainer orders.

>>57895360
wouldnt this make breeding for egg moves obsolete?

>>57895358
Honestly, I go four moves because it makes writing easier overall in a plethora of ways. Plus, what you mocked is more fun for me too. Never had a single person bring it up on my comments ever.
Despite how much people whine about four moves being unrealistic turns out that if you don't bring attention to a "problem" people won't even notice the "problem" being there at all.

>>57895375
Having superior genes can still be a factor.
But just like nature and IV hunting it's fucking autistic to think someone would need to run a eugenics program just for the bare minimum.

>>57895345
Laziness, probably. It's tempting to stick to established movepools because they help define a Pokemon's strengths and weaknesses, but that makes it possible for an author to write themselves into a corner, so they'll pull a move out of a Pokemon's ass to keep things moving along

>>57895328
No one, and I mean not one single person on the planet can name a single novel that was written by AI that wasn't abundantly obvious and complete shit.

You cannot make a novel pass as decent with AI, it's the tranny of writing.
Which is exactly why these people "pretend" that AI writing has similar quality, because it's all pretend with these people

No one will prove me wrong. No passable AI written story has ever be made, and I suspect it will be decades before we see one. It's already been like 5 years of AI.

>>57895256
7k words in 4 days was fucking rough T_T

No longer unemployed starting tomorrow, so pace will slow down a bit. I’ve done a 380k stupid story so it’ll come, just slow.

>>57895375
Sure, if the TMs are still being made. How about you tell me where you can find a copy of Kirby's Dream Land in original packaging for a reasonable price, though.

Breeding for egg moves, among other things, probably isn't as intense in-universe as it is with the games. It takes time to produce a baby pokemon, after all, and you can't just release them into the wild due to the sheer population it would create.

>>57895386
>No one will prove me wrong. No passable AI written story has ever be made, and I suspect it will be decades before we see one. It's already been like 5 years of AI.
Kengan Omega

>>57895386
All Abrahamic religions were written by aliens using AI in the distant past btw

>>57895328
If you made a really advanced AI, would it be capable of cultivating and having Aura?

>>57895433
Actually all Abrahamic religion was written by a single alien on his Wattpad.

I think following move schemes would be fine, if you didn't want to follow the move pools. There is no reason growlith shouldn't know grow, or machamp can't learn scary face. Now trying to teach blastoise flamethrower? That's a much harder sell.
Move pools also help keep the audience "sold" everyone expects a lopbunny to know high jump kick, but they're gonna have some mental whiplash if you apparently teach your rabbit gyro ball.
It's the same thing with abilities or stat totals, everyone knows that Gardevoir are special focused and Slaking have truant. A protagonist can somewhat skirt around ONE of these. But doing it for multiple Pokémon? You're gonna have an audience call your SI a gary stu and you as a writer a hack.

>>57895460
>You're gonna have an audience call your SI a gary stu
You underestimate just how popular are power fantasies nowadays, just look at NutriMan or Silver

>>57895475
everyone shits on BoC and Silver in this thread, but I Will Touch the Skies does the same thing. The vitamin supplements are super expensive and only the rich kids can afford them, and feMC cooks for her team.
She is also literally chosen by the lake guardian to be one of three to save the world and gets special powers. also gets special fairy powers from her starter togekiss

>>57895475
Even for power fantasies there's limits.
There's the matter of authenticity too. If you start pulling bullshit that breaks the suspension of disbelief so many times so frequently even the biggest shit-eater will start to raise an eyebrow.
You have to make the power fantasy believable, because there's nothing more the people who love their power fantasies is to be taken out of them by something so outlandish not even then can believe.

>>57895486
Being a chosen one is nothing on this franchise. Look at Liko. Look at Ash, hell, actually, Yuyama aside, Ash is a genuine from nothing MC.
Special type powers? Again, nothing for this franchise .Aura Guardian, Psychics, Hexes, Ninjas, Draconids, etc.
All that sort of thing are a dime dozen and well within the limits of Pokemon as a setting.
Gravity training from Dragon Ball is one of the most popular things nowadays, but people do that and don't teach their Pokemon to become Super Saiyan because "oh it's a power fantasy who cares about logic" because gravity training is feasible and logical within the constraints of the setting, someone going Super Saiyan is not at all, you could MAYBE bullshit a Kaio-ken, but something like that is too hard-coded to just "transfer over" and no matter what kind of bullshit explanation you give it will be extreme bullshit.
Crazy as it may sound sometimes even the biggest slop eaters have a limit where they will say "enough, this is too sloppy even for me".

>>57895460
>Now trying to teach blastoise flamethrower?
Didn't Spe have that happen but hand waved it as Blastoise igniting the flammable fumes from the hot springs on Mt Silver when it went to recharge it's water tank?

>>57895520
That sounds really fucking different from the Blastoine learning Flamethrower.
Are you gonna say Pikachu using the sparklers learned a new move too?

>>57895486
I'd actually argue that BoC isn't that far beyond most power fantasy/gary stu-ish. Maybe it's just the natural escalation of things. Nutriman still gets wrecked in fights that matter, and honestly his Pokémon's performance in battle isn't that much higher than other experienced trainers. The little I could stomach of touch sky seemed like a more exaggerated version, one that fed into the eventual suffer bait the story is. Fail when it matters type beat.
Silver is a straight up power fantasy, it's not really made any claims otherwise right? Compared to Savage trainer, any of the damn specialist stories, or even shit like the Brock Si. All of these have power fantasy shit, all that I'd argue are more egregious than BoC.

Nobody has movepools memorized

>>57895530
Well maybe if GF didn't change them so often....

>>57895511
Great point here. Pokemon is built on a chosen one fantasy. Each of the games has a child go above and beyond even adults and grapple with Gods, myths, miltanks, and The Perfect Lifeform. A pokemon story will end up having SOME element of chosen one to it, its simply a matter of "how chosen" you are. Most readers will accept a wide range of things, but the more you stack the worse it gets: aura, legend chosen, supernatural combat prowess.

>>57895523
I wouldn't say it learned it, more like recreated it. Pikachu can't learn scald but you could write out a scenario where a Pikachu super heated water with it's electricity and then somehow propelled it to mimic scald.

>feed your squirtle napalm and gasoline hoping it will eventually learn flamethrower
>it evolves into a fire/fighting blastoise instead

>>57895441
In my opinion, absolutely. I see it the same way as how the ritual aspects of devil summoning in Shin Megami Tensei were able to be perfectly imitated by a computer program.

Real AI sucks though.

>>57895441
I mean, Rimuru's AI does everything for him to how to move in a fight to absorb skills and make plans to fight.

So yes

>>57895530
There are 1,000+ individual Pokémon and thousands of individual moves. Even the most hardcore autists won’t have everything. It’s why I consult serebii for movepools before every fight I write.

>>57895543
That's just circumstantial creative move usage. Nothing crazy at all.
>>57895530
>>57895532
I open Showdown, click on Anything Goes National Dex and use that as my guideline.
Fuck movecuts. I'll use my Arcanine with Dragon Rage and Teleport thank you very much.

>>57895375
Only as obsolete as you write them to be.

>>57895544
More like poison/ghost.

>>57895382
>run a eugenics program
any fics that run a eugenics program? i love that shit
we know blackthorns have their dragonite program to give them extremespeed

>>57894856
I was caused physical pain.
Just to let you know.

Reminder that Giovanni has superpowers in PokéSpe too because he's a Child of The Forest or something like that

>>57895740
>>57895740
And nothing wrong with that whatsoever.
Stop being Kierancels.

>>57895486
okay but nobody reads feMC stories

There's nothing wrong with trainers being able to fight when the chips are down btw, it has to be a last resource tho

>>57895801
I will as long as they don't feature yurishit.

How scary does she get when she's angry?

>>57895810
She's a dragonfag from a clan, right? I guess it depends on how special they are

>>57895801
Delulu

>>57895810
She can kill you with la chancla

>>57895801
I read them for a bit until the mary sue preachiness gets too annoying.

>read anything written by a woman
>describes any and all fights as dances
>talks about periods
>is casually misandrist
>has woman moments all over the place
I mean c'mon.

Nice, he hasn't spotted mine yet.

>>57895884
See, I can tell you're full of bullshit because if I'm reading a fic written by a woman I'm reading fujoshit of which will have next to none of any of that.
Stop making up imaginary opponents to fight with. It's unseemly.

>>57895689
*Tips fedora*

>>57895884
Wasn't there some femmc fic with a super misandrist MC doing things only a terrorist would do but because she's the MC the author was painting everyone else as if they were the insane ones for reacting negatively to her bullshit?

>>57895898
Anon, you're forgetting the yumeshit that they do too. Why do you think there are so many Guzma/Chicken fics on Ao3?

>>57895909
Wish there was more gloria/leon fics desu

>>57895914
Gloria is for Hop.

>>57895914
Not even yumes want a pajeet

>>57895908
Savage trainer? granted they a tranny but They really can't help but shit on male characters

>>57895938
All I remember was anon mentioning something about city guards who were rightfully worried about something but the MC refusing to acknowledge their reasonable concern.

>>57895925
If only.
I've had the misfortune to encounter quite a few Leon yumes.
>>57895920
You mean for Marnie.
>>57895908
>>57895947
That was skies. I also remember the post and it should be quite easy to find in the archives.
Hell, I went and searched for it myself.
https://archive.palanq.win/vp/thread/56327417/#56350350

>>57895976
>You mean for Marnie.
See>>57895808

>>57895981
Better vagoo than a poo.

>>57895976
Thanks. I didn't search myself because I didn't trust that my spotty memory had enough pieces to find it, and if there's one easy way to ruin your day it's to try searching something off memory and getting no results.

>>57895984
I wouldn't read either

>>57895988
I remember posting that. There’s other problems with the story too. And for some reason every straight relationship is painted in a poor light.

>>57896008
>>57896008
>And for some reason
We all know the reasons.
Besides, didn't the author troon out midway?

>>57896010
Yep.

>>57895976
that was later explained as the fairy type energy changing how she perceived what was normal/acceptable

>>57896010
idk about the author but more than 50% of the main cast is gay/bi/trans/poly its kind of hilarious

one good thing IWTTS did was that criminal, Mr Rapey's team
Malamar, Hypno, Xatu, Klefki, Shedinja, Machamp

>>57896018
>its kind of hilarious
Surprisingly common stuff on fanfics written by modern day alphabet people youth.

>>57895511
>Even for power fantasies there's limits
New Normal doesn't have and it's doing great money in Patreon

>>57895976
You know everything i hear about that damn story reinforces the idea that I lucked out by not picking it up way back when.
Its sounds like all the cheap drama from the Supernatural Teen Romance section wearing the thin veneer of pokemon. From everything I've read it fits solidly in the "I want to write a SERIOUS story with drama and romance and loss, but im not confident enough to write actual fiction so I'll shoehorn my idea into a fandom" category that so many All while having the gall to be wayyy longer than anything in a Barnes and Noble.

But I guess at the end of the day it's still wish fulfillment. Just not of the power fantasy type. Just like Twilight or City of Bones is wish fulfillment for teens.

>>57895375
That is already irrevelant in most fics.

>>57896150
It’s not terrible in the beginning. But small issues start to add up and eventually big issues start being thrown in, and you end up with a shitshow that takes a steaming dump on your suspension of disbelief.

Honestly, someone doing a rewrite with Chase as the MC and with all of the poly/tranny shit and magical oc garbage pruned out might actually make a half-decent journey fic.

What's even the main sell of a journeyfic anyway? The day to day antics of travel? Some quest to become Champion? Exploring uncharted places and finding new and rare Pokémon? Wounding up in the middle of crazy villain plots? I really want to know what people enjoy the most in these and what they like to see more of.

>>57896325
>Exploring uncharted places
For me, it's this. Especially scary or creepy places. I don't i ever read a fic that focuses on that, though.

>>57896325
For me it's because Journey fics deliver on what the games and anime both fail on.
>observable and logical growth of the pokemon & trainer that's more than just "number go up after battle" or "we need to have him win this one so let's asspull some technique they never trained before"
>deeper interactions and personalization of the pokemon, treating them like characters rather than tools or decoration
>a world that reacts to change and threats logically, eg not relying on a 10 year old to solve everything for them
>a protagonist that's not a dry piece of cardboard

>>57896325
the sweeping, duh

>>57896325
for me, it's building the harem

>>57896392
Well that goes without saying even a story about being isekai'd as a homeless guy in New York would involve a harem of the most foul crackwhores.

Any good justifications for trade evolutions? Nothing ever stopped us from trading back the cool evolved mons IRL.

>>57896421
From a game standpoint they made sense to promote trading and to convince piggies to buy the same game twice but in-universe it only makes sense in very specific cases like Shelmet and Karrablast. Most trade evolutions can be turned into item based evolutions, or just high level natural evolutions.

>>57896421
Not really, no. Every justification has always felt at least a little contrived, mostly because >>57896424 but also because wild versions of trade evos can be found in some of the newer games and because the item that can trigger trade evolutions is a blatant 4th wall breaking item called the Linking Cord.

>>57896421
Trade evolutions, at least from a lore standpoint, are triggered by 'something' in the trade proccess itself. Something about either the emotional or physical effect it has causes it. So really, you can make several justifications that all may have as much truth as you want in them for your story.

Some examples:
-The specific stress of moving to a new 'pack' so to speak, or emotional intensity of saying goodbye to your 'family' that trading simulates is the trigger of evolution.
-The process of updating the pokeball with new trainer information has a normally miniscule effect on the pokemon's biology that some species are heavily influenced by.
-Trade items being a missing link for either of these proccesses that causes them to be absorbed into the pokemon's biology

>>57896546
>lore

Oops, I meant theoretical. There is no lore other than random npc dialogue and the actual items exist.

>>57896421
Being BETRAYED causes an aura reaction in certain pokemon that induces evolution

>>57896421
Feels like a thing that should just happen. If they need an item for the trade evolution to work, then the story should just treat it like an evolution stone.
Trying to justify it feels like too much work for negative benefit since unless you are writing a story that revolves around this, it's just needless fluff that at best is a red herring for future plot or an unsatisfying unfired chekhovs gun.

Imagine needing another trainer to evolve your Pokémon for you, shameful.

>>57892301
Sometimes i read Jordinio fanfics as a form of palate cleanser before picking up another new one because holy shit, people love to do doormat and/or pushover MCs or just stories where everything keeps going wrong until you get angst fatigue and leave. I need some shitpost fanfic to recharge the emotional batteries.

>>57896646
Seeing the little Feebas you raised from an egg evolve into a beautiful Milotic while being held in Tyrone's arms is actually a very special and intimate moment you stupid fucking chud

Why does a Pokemon you get from a trade grow faster? Do they enjoy BETRAYING their former master?

>>57896747
Experiencing different perspectives under different trainers broadens their horizons and allows them to understand that there is more to experience in the world than what they have already seen.

Aka, a different experience allows to the get 'experience' points faster.

>>57896150
>>57896180
https://old.reddit.com/r/pokemonfanfiction/comments/1ev2nwi/how_do_people_feel_about_i_will_touch_the_skies/
You know it's bad when even redditors who usually are first in line to eat-up all the alphabet people stuff have mixed feelings on the story.
Funnily enough, the same complaint from >>57895976 about the city guards stuff got made there too.

>>57896747
You aren't their trainer
You're just the trainer that stepped up

>>57896747
You don't have to follow that idea, it's really just there for gameplay purposes to further incentivize trading

>>57896325
Going on a journey with Pokemon is literally the main sell of the whole franchise. I don't understand why some anons here act like the prevalence and appeal of journeyfics is some mysterious, unquantifiable unknown.

BETRAYED by my former trainer...
TRAPPED on a sissy coordinator team...
I've lost two of my arms and am now forced to wear a bow tie and juggle Geodude...
This humble Golem must rise up and defy the heavens!

>>57896917
It is boring nowadays because the games themselves killed any sense of adventure, let's take the anime as an example, even though forests took a lot of episodes there were also beautiful sights and ruins of ancients civilizations, the world was always moving and there was a certain mysterious feeling

>>57896935
Yup.
The games have this unending ever-present sense of "adult supervision" vibe ever since SM. You aren't someone exploring a mysterious ever-wider world anymore, it's always at the behest of someone, under someone else's planning. Even PLA has it with you being always under the thumb of the Galaxy Team.
Likewise, starting with the SM anime that sense of adventure died as well. Don't think I need to explain how that happened in the SM anime, and it's arguably even worse than the SM games, and ever since the worldwide format started with Journeys and is now repeated with Horizons the world feels extremely small with how the characters are in one Region one day and another Region the other day just like that. Another big issue of this in the anime is how so many Pokemon don't get to appear at all in the anime so we don't get to see them animated and learn how they move how they act and what-not in more bigger better detail. Not to defend G*lar, but it's crazy how there's Pokemon from there that have yet to be featured at all in the anime. The anime completely fails even as a shilling machine now.

>>57896988
Exactly, just look at the new Legends game where everything happens in a single city.

>>57897021
And you'll be working under an organization. Again. Not being your own person chasing after your own goals.
Though let's be honest, we all know the primary reason as to why the game is set on a single city is an outside-the-game reason, still, that doesn't take away from how the adventure feeling is once again lacking and completely gutted. It would maybe be one thing if we knew it would be some GTA-tier city, exploring a genuine true bona fide Pokemon World city like that could indeed be fun, but considering there's magical teleporters because stairs and the inside of buildings are too hard to program... we all know it's not gonna be like that at all.

>>57896988
I think more authors could benefit from reading general adventure/exploration novels to see more of what you can do with the genre. Fanfics are too derivative of other Fanfics which is derivative of Pokémedia which doesn't do enough with this world.

>>57896023
I don't remember him having a hypno, was that during the mansion raid? I also remember him having a ditto.

>>57896023
Was he really named Mr. Rapey? That's hilarious.

>>57896546
>The specific stress of moving to a new 'pack' so to speak, or emotional intensity of saying goodbye to your 'family' that trading simulates is the trigger of evolution.
I like this one a lot. Framing it as a reversal of normal maturity, where instead of aging causing an animal to leave its pack, it's a case where a pokemon needs to be ready to leave its pack in order to evolve and reach the next step of its life. It's clever.

>>57897082
been a while since i read it, maybe he didn't have hypno. but yea i now remember ditto and zoroark
>>57897085
no he was not actually named Mr Rapey, but his role in the fanfic was to kidnap feMC's lesbian love interest and mindbreak and puppet them with his Malamar. the girls father hired him to do this btw

I actually sort of enjoy the "supervision" that some of the new games have. I find that it's closer to rangers on routes and adults making sure they're close enough on normal paths to respond, but not close looking over the kids shoulders all the time.
You lose a bit of the wild adventure feel but considering the games have you as 10~14 in what's supposed to be a slightly dangerous world it checks out. I think a game released that had an older protagonist going off route, maybe have a "wild area" or PLA open world thing off the routes where you deal with spicier pokemon with no oversight would be neat. Have it be a 1/2 game not mainline.
I still really enjoy the exploration and man and team vs world part of the game but I think we're at the point where one side has to give. Pokémon journeys have always been on routes, which have always been safer than off route. So the actual supervision feels like a natural outgrowth of that.
If pokemon really wanted to put an emphasis on exploration without the MC being part of an organization or school then they need to make the character older. Simple as. this would also let the dating sim element that the maps are so fond of occur, possibly with a travel companion or people ya meet

>>57892073 (OP)
How is the amount of money a trainer gives after losing a battle determined? Like they have a device that does it or they just guess it?

>>57897326
>Muh realism on my game about magical cockfighting
You're cancer and you should kill yourself.

>>57897346
I assume that all funds gained as a trainer are moved to and from a League-managed account. So if your whole life is battling, that's all the money you've got, but if you work a 9-5 it's in a separate place and you're not gonna default on your mortgage because little Joey and his Ratatta milked you dry.

>>57897346
I think it's an informal thing where you "tip" them, which is why different trainer classes give you different amounts of money. I have no idea why the grunts of evil teams would pay you, except Team Rocket because they're trying to look professional

>hiding from some criminals
>they use a Vs. Seeker, which makes mine beep and alerts them of my position
fuck this shit

>>57897346
I always thought it was a wager of some pocket money. At lower levels or in more casual settings then somewhere between 5-20 bucks, but maybe around $100 for higher level trainers who want bigger stakes.

>>57897406
>run away from them
>they chase after me
>finally get them off my tail
>find a new hiding spot
>all that running means the v.s seeker is recharged

>>57897406
>hiding from a wild mon
>send out my pokemon just in case I get found and need to battle
>my shiny raticate sparkles brightly to draw the attention of everything in a 30 foot radius.

>finish my latest chapter
>ao3 goes down
Wretched. Deplorable, even.

>>57896747
Because Gamefreak realized trading pokemon inherently went against the "Pokemon are friends and family!" angle, so they tried to incentivize and distract us with mechanical benefits instead.

>>57897406
>Break out my hidden weapon
>Illegally modified pokeball with an obscene amount of seals on it
>Throw out my Chimchar
>Its flames ignite the immense cloud of confetti coming from the pokeball seal
>resulting dust explosion turns everything in a 30 meter radius into paste

>>57897077
>Fanfics are too derivative of other Fanfics which is derivative of Pokémedia
Fanfiction is a inherently incestuous kind of media.
The problem is when everything else starts to become incestuous as well so now fanfiction becomes twice as incestuous. It's a really bad problem with modern games, movies, anime, books, etc. Extremely incestuous and self-referential. You used to hear about how authors and creators were inspired by [insert IRL thing] or [insert unrelated hobby] for their creations. Very rare to hear such things nowadays.
Miyazaki, or was it Anno?, whatever, may be a miserable cunt but even a broken clock is right twice a day when he goes about how otaku nowadays only create by drawing upon otaku media so it ends up limited and messy. Extreme staleness all over. This very thread even is proof of that in some ways.

>>57897551
Chapter 2 of Celadon Extranormal Detective Agency is finished.

You guys Erika?

https://archiveofourown.org/works/66247705/chapters/171080860#workskin

>>57897642
anything extranormal can be attributed to Togepi's metronome

>>57897776
But where are we gonna find a togepi in Celadon City?

>>57897364
>no idea why the grunts of evil teams would pay you
they respect the hustle and/or expect to be robbed now that their mons are all unfit for battle so they give you some money willingly to prevent you from fleecing them of every last penny they've got

>>57897642
So erika as a detective?

>>57897642
Pretty neat so far, reminds me a bit of Famicom Detective Club

Ashsissies...

>>57898048
>no beta we die like x
Easily the most cringe shit in that image

>>57898048
For what purpose?

no beta we dilate like azurill

>>57898059
>fic doesn't have a beta
usually okay, sometimes a typo or two sneaks through
>fic doesn't have a beta and demands you slop its greasy chapter index for not having one
almost always garbage

>>57897834
No.

Erika is the ghost.

>>57898048
>ash AND pikachu are trannys
bold and brash

>>57898048
>Delia/Jessie
bruh

>>57898087
It's canon bro.

>>57898089
Why do trannies love this pairing so much? Is it so they can groom Ash?

>>57898120
Its just trashy girl being tamed by milf fantasy.

>>57898120
>Age gap
>Yuri
>Doting supportive homebody providing stability to a street rat who grew up impoverished
>If you fw the idea Ash's dad abandoned Delia/died, can also play into her issues
>Dating the mother of your greatest foe
>MARRYING her and becoming your greatest foe's stepmom
>James and Meowth can tag along to play their comedic angles in a domestic environment
Turning Ash trans - and fucking PIKACHU trans - is a whole other ball game, but on its own the ship is way richer than you'd think past the basic gag for a lighthearted romance story.

I think it's creepy as shit and anyone who ships that has deep seated issues in my humble opinion which comes to no surprise since everyone I've seen it ship it is either a so-called lesbian or a tranny.
Genuine red flag in every sense of the term.

>>57898389
it's like shipping shinji/misato only for lesbians, not a big deal
now turning ash and pika trans is a fucking strange

now a normal genderbend into Ashley Ketchum could be interesting, Harry Potter sees a lot of that kind of thing. so male MC-SI can come in and seduce them

>>57898400
That's oneeloli of which we've got many goateds like Itou Hachi at the helm. It's not the same thing at all whatsoever.

>>57898389
This is circular reasoning.

>>57898408
I'm reading a Ashleyfic where she's very waku waku but not obnoxious like Nemona nor retarded like the actual Ash. It's pretty good stuff. Peak journeyfic imo, perfectly captures the OG vibe and makes it ten times better and more reasonable and logical while maintaining it whimsical.

>>57898048
Tag bloat is a plague, but trying to expect homosexuals and transexuals to get to the point is foolish.
>>57898338
Your points aren't necessarily wrong about the homebody and gutter trash having some storytelling opportunities but in this case? eh.

Having ash and pikachu be trans after his mom marries a female criminal who has assaulted him before is art imitating life. Sort of surprising/amusing how often these types of authors confirm all negative stereotypes while trying to be unique/inclusive.

>>57898429
I've always thought that Ash would have been better as a girl. Her emotional outbursts and girlish appearance would have leant better to what they were going for.
What's the name of the story?

>>57898408
>so male MC-SI can come in and seduce them
I don't see this happen often, post some.

>>57898429
is Brock the gigachad creating the harem of Ashley, Misty, May, Dawn?

>>57898449
here's a long one on QQ

>>57898400
Ash finds an excuse to dress up as a girl every couple of seasons. Once is a gag, but after a point people are gonna start wondering.

>>57892808
Gimmighoul should learn hypnosis because money hypnotizes people and it gives him a sleep option which is kinda ghostly themed. Something like that makes sense

>>57898089
>>57898120
>>57898338
>>57898441
Delia/Jessie (Hanamusa) became popular on social media because of one fanartist who had an animation industry job promoting it so much. Since she had a lot of clout for being a pro artist, when she pushed this pairing so hard, it became popular with impressionable children caving to perceived online peer pressure.
https://www.tumblr.com/yamujiburo/714611835849080832/i-probably-should-have-started-doing-this-forever?source=share

At least nowadays, groomers produce the media all children consume.

>>57898484
In the promotional video it mind controls a loli into collecting its coins

>>57898491
Classic.

>>57898491
>nowadays
Don't get me started on Nickelodian.

>>57898519
>Bring all my bitches back
>I need all my bitches
>I need all my bitches
>The new shit they put out is wack

I'm just flabbergasted that people can even bring themselves to ship Jessie with anyone other than James

>>57898529
That's cruel to James, he doesn't deserve that torment.

>>57898529
To me James loves Jessie more than anything else in the world, but would also sooner suck the shotgun from the Safari Zone episode than kiss her.

>>57898529
i don't think Jesse and James have romantic feelings for each other.

>>57898529
They are both gay and only fuck when they're both cross dressing at the same time, but platonically.

>>57898529
James deserves better than Jessie, and Jessie needs someone to keep her in line.
James puts up with way too much of her shit.

>>57898567
James is a professional woman-hater, even if you don't think he's gay he needs his platonic life partner in Jessie to talk endless shit to. If he dated her, he wouldn't get to taunt her over her love life anymore.

>>57898473
Cheers for the rec.

Are there any actually good DeliaxJessie fics? Kiana's are pretty good but I've never checked out if anybody tried anything longer form with them.

>>57898048
> Ash Ketchum Has Aura Powers
all you needed to say

>>57898610
It's canon he can use aura boost across an entire city but canon is slop anyways.

>>57892979
I think we ended up being one of the fastest generals on the board now.

New thread. NOW.

>>57898610
It's canon tho but even in canon we don't know what aura does, at least it doesn't have the PTSD tag

>>57898389
Looks like >>57898491 called it.

>>57898667
That's not aura, that's Ash seeing the glint of a lens and his imaginative brain defaulting to it being the glint of a sniper's scope.

>>57898491
Why content yourself with grooming only one kid when you can groom an entire generation.
>reincarnate into Lysander before X/Y
>double down on media influence
>create your own phone to compete with Silph co
>create programming emphasizing inclusivity
>have payment plans for pay piggies to give them insider exclusives in the making of these programs
>hire child actors to act in these inclusivity show cases
>have an entire army of pedos who pay you for these programs
>all under the name of expression and inclusivity/Progressive gender identify
>Don't even need the super weapon as everyone becomes gay and doesn't reproduce

>>57898722
>at least it doesn't have the PTSD tag
Bro? I didn't think I needed to specify the video

>>57898740
Have there been a "reincarnated as the bad guy" for Pokemon fanfiction? It's fucking everywhere now for villainess shit but has there ever been a decent "reincarnated as villain" with Giovanni, Lysander, Ghetis, or hell even one of the execs?

>>57898749
There was one mentioned this thread >>57892308

>>57898750
besides that one. Aqua and magma get a shit ton of screen time in fanfics
I'm retarded and forgot it was mentioned earlier

>>57898749
i bookmarked this one but havent read it yet
https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/89012/within-our-nation-a-team-rocket-story

>>57898740
>become ultra based gamer lysandre that shitposts on F (previously Chatotter)
>gay retard groomer with poison aura gets shunned by society for being a predator instead of pokemon abuse

New thread boys. This one's on the way out.

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>>57896325
how did cynthia's journey end? Like this?

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>>57899343
GBBBBrrnnnglgllllll…

“That’s a new sound for sure…” Haley mumbled sheepishly. She could practically feel her rectum pulsing as she spoke, one of her lower hips giving a sudden jolt of pain as she hopped off the bed.

Mary, meanwhile, just smirked. “See? You’re lucky I don’t charge for my advice, eh? Want me to help you—“

“Aw, shut it! Just lemme go to the bathroom in peace,” Haley protested, less giddy now that her bowels were doing flips every other second. “I’m gonna probably be in there a while, too, so if you need to go, then…”

“Already used it before you came home. Figured this might happen,” Mary said cheerily. “Here, I’ll even get the door for you.”

“T-thanks, I guess?”

Haley swiftly shut the door behind her, breathing a sigh of relief now that she had the room to herself. She certainly liked Mary and enjoyed her company, but the nosy side of her roommate had been turned up to eleven with this new development! As Haley swiftly shimmied her panties down to her ankles, now very glad she’d taken off her skirt earlier, a small part of her wondered if Mary was sort of…into this new body of hers? Was that why she’d been looking at her a little longer than usual and been so eager to help?

~~ Disposal begins here ~~

“Nnngghh… I never could’ve imagined any dump could feel this big…”

>>57895810
Haley whined and grumbled as she slammed her fat cheeks against the cold porcelain. She’d been expecting a torrent to come sloughing out from her tight anus, but the digested ladies were being difficult. Either her bowels were just too comfy of a home for them to leave, or more likely, the two defeated Trainers’ stubborn pride had lived on in fecal form.

“Ugh. This sucks so bad… Come on, you guys! I can’t have you stuck in my butt forever,” Haley muttered. “I need you…outta me!”

Finally, a dry log splashed into the water below, uncomfortably tickling the fattened Lass’s bulging pucker. More followed soon after, accompanied by sharp, dry trumpets of noxious air bursting from between her cheeks. Haley groaned as she realized just how constipated she’d been, pairing terribly with the sheer amount of meat she’d ingested. She’d only had a small swig of water after coming home and nothing else! This would teach her to bring a water bottle next time she was out for the day.

“Oh, they’re not ‘stuck in your butt forever’? That’s good news,” came a familiar voice from just outside the room.

“M-Mary! Knock it off! I’m trying to take a crap here!” Haley whined, even more embarrassed than before. She shuddered as she heard a particularly hearty splash, praying that Mary wasn’t visualizing all this in her head.

“Haha, I know! But you’re just so funny and cute about these things! I was dying to know what things you’d say to yourself about the ladies you so rudely knocked off the map,” the Ace Trainer explained casually. “How’s it feel?”

>>57896747
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“Nnh!" Haley yelped as a sharp log escaped her, and she peeked below her in horror to see that the pile had already almost climbed up to her tush. Forcing herself off the seat and flushing, she tried to think of a response, raising her voice over the noise of the bowl emptying. “Uh…well, there’s a lot of ‘em left over, so this is just the first flush. My butthole’s already kind of sore, and I think I see some bits of bones and stuff in there.”

She heard a giggle from behind the door. “Now look who’s the weird one! I didn’t ask for all that detail! But all that stuff seems normal. You’re probably constipated. And be ready for a couple of skulls to pop out the backdoor too.”

“Um, okay…? Sounds painful…anh…”

“Maybe! I dunno.” Haley could almost hear the shrug after those words. “Okay, enough of my yapping. Just take your time.”

“O-okay…”

Several minutes and several flushes later, with one final grunt of exertion, a final cracked snake of brown plopped from Haley’s ass. That thumping, though…it looked like Mary was right again…!

“Agh! Oh…phew…”

After a particularly fierce battle with her anus, the newfound predator heard a light thunk as two hard objects capped off Lusamine and Cynthia’s odious journey through her system. Wiping a pool of sweat from her forehead, she turned around, only to see the final chunks of brown covered by two cracked white skulls.

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>>57899356
“Man…one of those would’ve been me in some Sinnoh or Alola toilet if I hadn’t done this. Can’t complain about still being safe and sound…” Haley pondered. “No way this’ll flush. Mary can handle this…” she trailed off as she sent wads of toilet paper deep into the valley of her crack, ridding herself of the last bits of her shit.

After washing her hands, the deed was officially done. With a heavy sigh, Haley opened the door at last, feeling like her body was somehow both empty and full. It looked like Mary had gone back to her laptop, typing out something. She could only hope it wasn’t her telling her friends, whether on social media or IRL, about just how ridiculous her roommate looked now.

“Well, I’m totally pooped! In both senses for once,” Haley said with a yawn, raising her arms and hopping under the covers. “After sleeping on my belly all afternoon, it feels good to be back in bed again!”

“Mhm, I bet,” Mary said distractedly, still typing away. She finished a sentence, then sat back in her chair. “Oh, and I bet you couldn’t flush that last load, huh? Don’t worry; I’ll handle that tonight. Just get some rest!”

“Huh? Hey, how would you know that?!”

“Hehe! This kind of ‘self-defense’ hasn’t happened just to you, Haley! It’s not like powerful Trainers haven’t tried to do this to a couple of my old friends before. And boy, did my friends look so cute once they’d been fattened up~ and they were so embarrassed, too! Oh, it was just the most adorable thing…”

“Oh. I guess that explains why you’re so knowledgeable on this stuff,” Haley said as she lay her head on her pillow, gazing at her friend’s eyes, which twinkled with excitement.

>>57892237
As for Cynthia and Lusamine, the two traveling companions lay atop one another, squished unbelievably tight against the fleshy walls of this schoolgirl’s gut. Cynthia grit her teeth as she felt her belly and thighs forced into the acid bath thanks to Lusamine’s body pressing down from above. One of her hands was stuck between the stomach wall and one of the Aether president’s squishy thighs, while she felt a foot jamming ever more annoyingly into the side of her head while her friend’s tush squished atop her head. Additionally, all the long blonde tresses had become so inconvenient for both women, unpleasantly tickling Cynthia’s body with the slight movement of this gastric prison.

Glrmmmm… Blllooort~

“MMHHPHHH!”

Lusamine attempted to voice her loud protest, but found her entire head mashed into a wall of flesh. In being too large to fit in this girl’s belly alone, the two predatory women had doomed themselves to an intolerable mess of limbs atop one another in this sweltering, oxygen-deprived chamber. All these tasty Bug Catchers, School Kids, and more little runts filling out their curves had all been for naught thanks to this ridiculous circumstance.

Why… How? Defeated by some nobody—this can’t be happening…!! Cynthia told herself in pure misery. Not…like…this…! She only wished she could concoct some plan of attack with Lusamine to get the hell out of here, but her companion seemed completely incapacitated, and she wasn’t any better. The Sinnoh Champion’s breathing was already growing ragged…

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